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Empirical, Theoretical, and Practical Advantages of the HEXACO Model of Personality Structure

Michael C. Ashton

Brock University St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada

Kibeom Lee

University of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, kibeom{at}ucalgary.ca

The authors argue that a new six-dimensional framework for personality structure—the HEXACO model— constitutes a viable alternative to the well-known Big Five or five-factor model. The new model is consistent with the cross-culturally replicated finding of a common six-dimensional structure containing the factors Honesty-Humility (H), Emotionality (E), eExtraversion (X), Agreeableness (A), Conscientiousness (C), and Openness to Experience (O). Also, the HEXACO model predicts several personality phenomena that are not explained within the B5/FFM, including the relations of personality factors with theoretical biologists' constructs of reciprocal and kin altruism and the patterns of sex differences in personality traits. In addition, the HEXACO model accommodates several personality variables that are poorly assimilated within the B5/FFM.

Key Words: personality structure • individual differences • evolutionary psychology

Personality and Social Psychology Review, Vol. 11, No. 2, 150-166 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/1088868306294907
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